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Re: Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

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leetrout wrote: post #25

Oh neat! I wishlisted it when it came out but was heavy into balatro, slay the spire and the diceomancer demo but I will pick it up soon. Curious if you would be up for recording a podcast about the project? I love to pick people's brains about stuff like this. I recorded one with Ange the Great about his creation of Engine Simulator, for example.

Yeah, I'm open to podcasts! I did one with openindie already: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/openindie/episodes/33-... (dm me on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/newobject.bsky.social)

Re: Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

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dylanz wrote: post #24

I haven't played your game but I've watched a ton of Real Civil Engineer's videos on it. It looks like a blast and I love watching his videos. How did you get into game development? Congratulations on the success!

I started trying to make games as soon as I got an Apple //c when I was like 9 years old. I went to MSFT out of college but quit to work on games like a year into it. My first games job was at Monolith (RIP as of yesterday) and was there for ~4 years, then I helped S2 Games ship "Savage: Battle for Newerth, but then went into FAANG for like 20 years. I always wanted to come back to gamedev. Glad I got the chance :)

Re: Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

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adastra22 wrote: post #59

What does roguelike mean? I've played the original Rogue, but haven't been a gamer for decades now. I'm not seeing how this is connected? Sorry, but you said ask anything lol.

There are a lot of interpretations, but it's roguelike in the sense that:

1) It's permadeath 2) It's random 3) It's systemic

The term is used quite broadly these days. Only the "Berlin interpretation" is quite strict about the sense of it you might be thinking of.

Re: Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

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Post by adastra22 »

newobj wrote: post #73
adastra22 wrote: post #59

What does roguelike mean? I've played the original Rogue, but haven't been a gamer for decades now. I'm not seeing how this is connected? Sorry, but you said ask anything lol.

There are a lot of interpretations, but it's roguelike in the sense that: 1) It's permadeath 2) It's random 3) It's systemic The term is used quite broadly these days. Only the "Berlin interpretation" is quite strict about the sense of it you might be thinking of.

Thanks. TIL.
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